Ezequiel Duran

Ezequiel Duran

25-Year-Old Third Baseman3B
Texas Rangers
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Be it by design or happenstance, Duran fanned at a career-low clip in 2024, but it came at the expense of exit velocity and the resulting drops in hard-hit rate and barrel rate. The declines cost Duran playing time as he was often eschewed, even with three-quarters of the Rangers infield missing chunks of action. After posting a .619 OPS, Duran was demoted to Triple-A Round Rock in late June, where he stayed for a month. Things got worse after he returned with Duran recording a .591 OPS the rest of the way. Duran appeared everywhere but catcher, so his versatility is ideal for a Swiss army knife role. Dual eligibility (with the chance of more) is a plus, but unless Duran gets back to driving the ball, he's relegated to AL-only duty. Read Past Outlooks
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Rangers in March of 2025.
Left off projected roster
3BTexas Rangers
March 11, 2025
Duran is not included on the latest Opening Day roster projection compiled by Kennedi Landry of MLB.com.
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Duran's path to a roster spot would be as a utility player and appears to be blocked by Josh Smith and Kevin Pillar. Duran's 2024 struggles at the plate have carried over this spring; he's batting .118 (2-for-17) and is hitless over his last 12 at-bats.
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Since 2023
 
 
+2%
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+34%
OPS vs RHP
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+13%
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .695 224 21 6 24 2 .246 .299 .396
Since 2023vs Right .709 500 60 11 42 7 .272 .315 .394
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2024vs Left .494 92 5 0 6 0 .209 .250 .244
2024vs Right .663 193 21 3 14 1 .264 .306 .357
2023vs Left .837 132 16 6 18 2 .273 .333 .504
2023vs Right .738 307 39 8 28 6 .277 .320 .418
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+30%
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+32%
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+28%
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Since 2023Home .802 343 44 12 40 2 .292 .341 .461
Since 2023Away .617 381 37 5 26 7 .239 .282 .335
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2024Home .700 132 15 1 13 1 .276 .326 .374
2024Away .531 153 11 2 7 0 .221 .255 .276
2023Home .866 211 29 11 27 1 .301 .351 .515
2023Away .676 228 26 3 19 7 .252 .300 .376
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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2020
Duran emerged as a force for the Rangers and for fantasy managers in the first three months last season, slashing a robust .320/.361/.557 with 12 home runs over 233 plate appearances. The 24-year-old's over-aggressiveness eventually caught up to him, though, as he bottomed out from July on with a .225/.283/.310 line and just two homers in 59 contests. Duran's last start of the regular season came on Sept. 15 and he didn't play in the playoffs during the Rangers' run to the World Series. The poor finish puts Duran's future playing time in a precarious spot, although working in his favor is his ability to play all over the field. Duran has some loud tools, as his 96th percentile max exit velocity and 91st percentile sprint speed can attest. He's been a free swinger since his minor-league days, though, so it's fair to question whether he'll ever make enough contact for those tools to shine through.
Duran is an exciting potential of ingredients who frankly needs more time to bake in the minors. He has the raw tools to be a successful fantasy contributor at some point in his professional career, but 2023 is unlikely to be that time as his impatience at the plate and issues making contact have gotten the better of him at the upper levels of the sport. He would seemingly enter the spring in competition with Josh Jung for the third base job, and could very well earn it if the near year-long layoff for Jung comes into play during March. Duran will likely make the roster in a reserve capacity but the club may also decide regular at bats in Triple-A is better for him. Given the experienced and expensive depth on the roster, a solid spring from Jung almost guarantees a red tag hanging from Duran's locker after a late March game.
An outstanding small-sample Dominican Summer League performance in 2017 and reports of explosive athleticism have had Duran on the dynasty-league radar for a couple years, but it wasn't until his 2019 season in the New York-Penn League that the substance started to match the hype. He cut his groundball rate to a career-best 42.2% en route to leading the league with 13 homers -- his 143 wRC+ ranked fifth among hitters 20 and under. While he stole 11 bases on 15 tries, his athleticism has declined since he signed in 2017, and he now projects as a strong second baseman with big thump in his bat. The key for Duran in the coming years will be improving his approach. A 27.8 K% for a 20-year-old in short-season ball does not portend an impressive BA or OBP at Low-A, so it should not be a huge surprise if he struggles early in 2020.
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Not guaranteed roster spot
3BTexas Rangers
March 9, 2025
Manager Bruce Bochy said Friday that Duran isn't guaranteed a place on the Rangers' Opening Day roster, Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News reports.
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Reinstated from paternity list
3BTexas Rangers
September 27, 2024
The Rangers reinstated Duran from the paternity list Friday.
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Placed on paternity list
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Personal
September 24, 2024
The Rangers placed Duran on the paternity list Tuesday.
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Getting rest Tuesday
3BTexas Rangers
September 24, 2024
Duran isn't in Texas' lineup for Tuesday's game against the Athletics.
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Starts at third base
3BTexas Rangers
September 22, 2024
Duran started at third base and went 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run scored in Saturday's 8-4 loss to the Mariners.
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Offseason trade possible
3BTexas Rangers
October 24, 2024
Duran is a candidate to be traded by the Rangers during the offseason, reports Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News.
ANALYSIS
The utility man underwhelmed at the plate this year with a .609 OPS in 92 contests, and Texas already has a superior utility option in Josh Smith when the rest of its infield is healthy. Duran likely won't significantly move the needle on the trade market by himself, but he could be included as part of a multi-player package.
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